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Otis

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,076
cc84cov said:
It’s gonna loosen up I feel give it 6 weeks I bet it’s high numbers thinking fuck this
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Sunday is going to be a real tester. It is expected to be around 20°


What if you have kids and no garden? Can see a real temptation to go out for many.
 
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derbyskyblue

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,077
Otis said:
No idea why, but my wife said there were loads of people about in town today.

Been quiet all week, but today it was busy.
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Ruskki hunting......
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,078
Magwitch said:
Woodlands !! Tough ! We used to squish ‘em, Barkers Butts best rugby school in Cov.
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Still a very good team that'd win most of their matches comfortably.
 

cc84cov

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,079
shmmeee said:
And that’s when we’ll end up in proper lockdown
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Not sure how they will manage to even keep people in tbh mate they haven’t got the man power
 

BackRoomRummermill

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,080
The police will be out in force to clamp down on the BBQ’ers I can see some problems with social unrest in the maggotville places with booze involved
 

CovUpNorth

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,081
Otis said:
Sunday is going to be a real tester. It is expected to be around 20°


What if you have kids and no garden?.
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They should move?
 
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Saddlebrains

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,082
Another update from my mate at UHCW and daughters mum at George elliot.

For want of a better description. Shits now hitting the fan in regards too patients. Starting to fill quicker. Daughter now going to be with me for the foreseeable as her mum now been reassigned to deal face to face with Covid patients.

240 ventilators awaiting at UHCW in ITU but hoping that capacity wont be breached. 70% of ambulances are bringing in Covid patients at thr mo.

These next 3 weeks are going to be horrible. Ive deleted Facebook etc and will avoid what news i can because i doubt i can handle the worry as a father.

Keep safe all

PUSB
 
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BackRoomRummermill

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,083
Saddlebrains said:
Another update from my mate at UHCW and daughters mum at George elliot.

For want of a better description. Shits now hitting the fan in regards too patients. Starting to fill quicker. Daughter now going to be with me for the foreseeable as her mum now been reassigned to deal face to face with Covid patients.

240 ventilators awaiting at UHCW in ITU but hoping that capacity wont be breached. 70% of ambulances are bringing in Covid patients at thr mo.

These next 3 weeks are going to be horrible. Ive deleted Facebook etc and will avoid what news i can because i doubt i can handle the worry as a father.

Keep safe all

PUSB
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This which is obviously trajic was expected was it not , also the West Midlands is the worse outside of London for some reason so maybe some patients being shipped around , just a guess I hear Cov is not that bad in itself
 
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Magwitch

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,084
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Still a very good team that'd win most of their matches comfortably.
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They were okay, better football team than rugby though but they had about 1200 boys at Woodlands in those days to pick from Barkers was about 400, a 100 per year.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,085
cc84cov said:
Not sure how they will manage to even keep people in tbh mate they haven’t got the man power
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There aren’t anything like as many people willing to risk prison as people think. Just like there weren’t riots when we didn’t Brexit on time. Generally British people bitch and moan but don’t do anything. They aren’t enforcing at all at the minute and guidelines are vague. Once that changes and a few thousand people get fines for stuff that’s not clearly outside the law, people will do the right thing.
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,086
BackRoomRummermill said:
This which is obviously trajic was expected was it not , also the West Midlands is the worse outside of London for some reason so maybe some patients being shipped around , just a guess I hear Cov is not that bad in itself
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Yeah, you're probably right about that. Birmingham / Black Country is a real hotspot so suspect there will be major capacity problems there already.

Can't see where they'd get 240 ventilators in? Are there unused wards in that building?
 
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Magwitch

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,087
cc84cov said:
Not sure how they will manage to even keep people in tbh mate they haven’t got the man power
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They have got the bloody army, over 20000 of them. Not a lot been said exactly where they are apart from building that hospital
 

Saddlebrains

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,088
fernandopartridge said:
Yeah, you're probably right about that. Birmingham / Black Country is a real hotspot so suspect there will be major capacity problems there already.




Can't see where they'd get 240 ventilators in? Are there unused wards in that building?
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A few wards have been repurposed. My friend works on the 3rd floor at UHCW and they've converted 2 wards there purely for Covid patients.

It seems, and i dont want to curse anything, that UHCW have prepared very well, as such, G.E
 
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Skyblueweeman

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,089
Johhny Blue said:
Maybe you should get your boss pregnant?
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Ha ha! Nah...shes too tall...!

Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk
 
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wingy

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,090
Magwitch said:
They have got the bloody army, over 20000 of them. Not a lot been said exactly where they are apart from building that hospital
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Don't know how much contribution has been made there

Looks likely the bulk of the work has been carried out by exhibition contractors .
Most likely logistical ,but these companies are truly well versed in all of these aspects And working to tight timelines .
 

Ring Of Steel

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,091
Otis said:
Sunday is going to be a real tester. It is expected to be around 20°


What if you have kids and no garden? Can see a real temptation to go out for many.
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Apparently the govt are onto this, so yes I'd expect to see more restrictions

 

hill83

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,092
Otis said:
No idea why, but my wife said there were loads of people about in town today.
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She was probably just making conversation mate.
 
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Otis

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,093
hill83 said:
She was probably just making conversation mate.
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Making pin money more like.
 
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cc84cov

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,094
Anyone know if the death to recovered ratio has gone up ?
 

cc84cov

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,095
More I think about this no way it’s come from bats chinese been eating them 1000s of years this is man made were not being told something for sure
 

BackRoomRummermill

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,096
cc84cov said:
More I think about this no way it’s come from bats chinese been eating them 1000s of years this is man made were not being told something for sure
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man made correct , man made soup
 

hill83

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,097
cc84cov said:
More I think about this no way it’s come from bats chinese been eating them 1000s of years this is man made were not being told something for sure
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ccfcway

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,098
Ring Of Steel said:
Apparently the govt are onto this, so yes I'd expect to see more restrictions

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left the house for the first time today since last wed to buy 10 days worth of food. roads way busier than they should be.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,099
wingy said:
Don't know how much contribution has been made there

Looks likely the bulk of the work has been carried out by exhibition contractors .
Most likely logistical ,but these companies are truly well versed in all of these aspects And working to tight timelines .
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The company I work for might be getting some work out of the Manchester temporary hospital. The Manchester one is not for Covid patients though, it's for displaced patients who have made way for Covid ones. Some of my team does a lot of the capital expenditure and hospital fit out work.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,100
Ring Of Steel said:
Apparently the govt are onto this, so yes I'd expect to see more restrictions

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Ring Of Steel said:
Apparently the govt are onto this, so yes I'd expect to see more restrictions

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If we're two weeks behind we're at exactly the same place they were two weeks ago
 
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Grendel

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,101
cc84cov said:
More I think about this no way it’s come from bats chinese been eating them 1000s of years this is man made were not being told something for sure
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Bats can be viral hosts - this was a bat infecting a pangolin. Ebola was caused by cross species mutation. We’ve eaten pigs for years - Swine flu - clue in the name
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,102
BackRoomRummermill said:
This which is obviously trajic was expected was it not , also the West Midlands is the worse outside of London for some reason so maybe some patients being shipped around , just a guess I hear Cov is not that bad in itself
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Second most densely populated area.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,103
Part of the irony of this is that the govt may actually keep it's pledge on new hospitals being built!

And as of now I say we fuck off Carillion and all those other firms that tender for these projects and end up being massively over budget and taking ages and just give all construction contacts to the Royal Engineers.
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,104
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Part of the irony of this is that the govt may actually keep it's pledge on new hospitals being built!

And as of now I say we fuck off Carillion and all those other firms that tender for these projects and end up being massively over budget and taking ages and just give all construction contacts to the Royal Engineers.
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It is never going to happen in a million years, the government has lost the skill base after years of using these big contractors
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,105
Birmingham MP goes to a funeral with over 100 people there
 

Johhny Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,106
MalcSB said:
There seem to be lots of companies coming out of the woodwork claiming to have test kits available, some at surprisingly low prices, but we do have to know if they work before putting them to use. For all I know most may be genuine but some could be fake.
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Surely they won't be fake if they're on the internet
 

skybluetony176

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,107
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Part of the irony of this is that the govt may actually keep it's pledge on new hospitals being built!

And as of now I say we fuck off Carillion and all those other firms that tender for these projects and end up being massively over budget and taking ages and just give all construction contacts to the Royal Engineers.
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Didn’t Carillion go bust a couple of years back?
 
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SkyBlueCharlie9

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,108
The coventrian said:
Snowflake? Your the leftie crybaby not me. I'm sure they'll be a few oap Brexit voters passing away today so you raise another glass.
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For gods sake.... what a mature argument. If you don't see the mess the government have made of this leaving us all in danger then you are truly blinkered. Even The Daily Mail is sticking the boot in.
 
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cc84cov

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,109
Johhny Blue said:
Surely they won't be fake if they're on the internet
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People are probably just chancing it knowing how dumb this so called government really are
 

Ring Of Steel

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 3, 2020
  • #12,110
Looking likely to be a tough few days

 
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